When Music Speaks

I had an incredible spontaneous urge to compose a song the other night, out of the overflowing love I received last week from family and friends alike. Moments like this are hard to come by, and I knew I had to do it there and then.

I find bathrooms especially inspiring, probably because of the constraint space and hence less distraction. So naturally that was the place I went to get it started. I managed to come out with 2 stanzas and I pretty liked it since they’re words straight out of my heart.

I then had a bath (so convenient) and went back to my piano to put sounds into the words. I must say I really like it ^^, though it composes of really simple melodies and rhythms in F major. Took a mental break on my laptop, followed by the chorus.

By the end of 2 hours, the song looked kinda complete and I was very pleased. ^^ Self-entertainment to the MAX. ^^

It goes like this…

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Verse 1

My heart is filled with gratitude
Of the unselfish love you gave
It’s a special kind of love
Which asks nothing in return

Chorus

It must have been a miracle
It must have been from up above
It must have been a priceless gift
Sent way down into my life

Verse 2

I have thought through and mulled over
All the deeds that I might have done
It’s hard to come up with one
When there’s really none I did

Chorus

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After looking through, I realised it can also be a worship song to God too. I was really very touched and blessed by the song… It brought tears to my eyes when I sang it. I don’t really know how to say, but it didn’t seem like I was the one who composed it.

The previous song that I wrote was also very spontaneous, it arose during an insomnia in the middle of the night (about 3am?) a few years ago. I remember the entire process of creating the melodies and lyrics took less than half an hour, like in a snap of a finger.

Fearing I might lose the entire song by accidentally sleeping, I quickly took out my handphone and recorded it.

It goes like this…

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Hold on tight unto Jesus
He will never let you go
In the rough waves of your life
Know that He is in control

Jesus reigns above all storms
You don’t have to be afraid
Look to Him and He’ll be there
Beside you and through it all

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I love this song a lot… Like the latest song, it has very simple melodies and sounds more like a children’s church song, very cute. ^^

Sorry I’ve been raving about the songs… I’m just biased right. ^^ But honestly speaking, I don’t feel like they’re MY songs, but rather songs put into my heart by God, to bless myself and the people who hear/read it.

This is probably God’s kind of therapy for me, for my down days. ^^ My ultimate dream is to perform music therapy for others in the hospital, especially in palliative care, for patients with terminal/chronic illnesses. I hope my songs/music is able to bring healing, hope and joy in people’s souls.